- Date
- May 17, 1968
- Place
- Mount Vernon, IA · MOUNT VERNON, IA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5172LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110888
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1244 68/5/17 MOUNT VERNON,IOWA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 71 TOTAL TIME - 1205 N5172L PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNT VERNON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- EXCEEDED ACFT CAPABILITIES.NEAR MAX WEIGHT,UPSLOPE T/O,2000 FT SOD RNWY,TEMP 60 DEG,WIND CALM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5172L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mount Vernon
N5172LRegistration cancelled Apr 1, 2013 · Piper PA-28-180Airframe modelPiper PA-28-180Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N5172L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN99LA156Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPeyton, COThe pilot's loss of control resulting in inadvertent stall/mush during initial climb following takeoff. Factors were the unfavorable, sudden windshift conditions, the high density altitude, and the manufacturer's failure to provide adequate density altitude…NTSB MKC74DCJ48Accident · No injuriesClosedLakeside, NENTSB MKC72DCQ13Accident · No injuriesClosedOakley, KS